I've found that too much caffeine interferes with this. For competition, you can take small doses of beta blockers. I don't know if that is contrary to any rules or not, but it makes you a little steadier. Other than that, good control requires practice. The old procedure of taking a deep breath, letting it about half-way out then holding while steadily squeezing the trigger has stood the test of time.

It's funny, I grew up with this knowledge. I recently took a beginner handgun course, and the one thing these "instructors" tried to drill in was inhale a deep breath, and exhale is all. I was like "wait, wut?'

therefore I don't see how you can reasonably credit gun control for the UK's low murder rate.

I didn't mention the murder rate, i mentioned the murder rate by firearm. I know it's a complicated issue and that there is no one single factor which underpins it all, but i do think it's striking that all the so called inudustrialised nations, bar the US, have strict gun control laws and all have very low murder rates by firearm. The US in comparison which doesn't have as strict gun control laws has a significantly higher murder rate by firearm.

_________________What if the Hokey Cokey really IS what it's all about?

A) Wouldn't one naturally assume some relationship between the total murder rate and the rate of firearms-related murders.

B) For me at least, the total murder rate is the more important statistic. Dead is dead. What offends you more, the fact that someone was murdered, or the fact that the killer happened to use a firearm?

It's interesting that in countries that have a lot of guns, like US, Canada, Switzerland, the number of firearm suicides is higher than firearm homicides.

_________________Stu Ward_________________Let thy food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food.~HippocratesStrength is the adaptation that leads to all other adaptations that you really care about - Charles Staley_________________Thanks TimD

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